Vocalist and lyricist Davey Havok has stated that the title of this song was considered as the title of the album and is the song that most captures the mood of “suffocation” that applies to the whole album.
I watched you go out the door
With poise I've not seen before
I saw you shine, you shine
I collapse to the floor
It promised it'd miss me more
And said true love, is mine
I missed you, did you miss me?
Slowly it's consuming me
Deliberate and deep
I can't take this deeper panic
Teach me, teach me not to dream
Dream deeply
I haven't left you for days
My panic keeps me awake
As he unwinds, inside
He told me I should have known
That he'd hated the way I'd grown
To love soft lies, she lied
Do you miss her like I missed you?
Slowly it's consuming me
Deliberate and deep
I can't take this deeper panic
Teach me, teach me not to dream
Dream deeply
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
Oh, Oh, Oh, Oh
Slowly it's consuming me
Deliberate and deep
I can't take this deeper panic
Teach me, teach me not to dream
Dream deeply
Slowly, I swallowed your fears
Throughout all those years
How could you let them consume me?
Teach me, teach me how you sleep
So sweetly
Slowly, it's consuming me
Deliberate and deep
I can't take this deeper panic
Teach me, teach me how you sleep
So sweetly
A Deep Slow Panic was written by Jade Puget & Davey Havok.
A Deep Slow Panic was produced by Gil Norton.
AFI released A Deep Slow Panic on Tue Oct 22 2013.